North Korea missile tests will boost ‘nuclear war deterrent’, says Kim Jong-un
South Korea and Japan condemn launch of possible short-range ballistic missiles on Tuesday
North Korea
Doomsday Clock moves closer than ever to midnight
Scientists voice concern about threats of integrating artificial intelligence into military systems
Irish-trained Libyan troops appear in Russia fearing deployment to Ukraine
Members of warlord Khalifa Haftar’s 166 Infantry Battalion expected to undergo further training in Belarus, Moscow’s ally
North Korea executes people for sharing foreign films and TV, says UN report
Harsher punishments and increased surveillance make North Korea the most restrictive country in world
Why the West misreads the room with its ‘Axis of Upheaval’ narrative
The emerging alternative order is neither an axis, nor is it interested in upheaval
In pictures: China unveils new weapons in massive military parade
Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un attend event marking 80 years since end of the second World War
The slow, bulletproof train to China: How Kim Jong-un travels from North Korea
Reclusive state’s leader maintains family tradition by taking trains for long-distance journeys to meet communist allies
Kim Jong-un arrives in Beijing ahead of military parade with Xi and Putin
The three leaders are set to take centre stage at a massive military parade on Wednesday
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un arrives in Beijing on board armoured train ahead of military parade
China uses its role as a second World War ally to claim a place in global order
China’s Xi Jinping rolls out carpet for Ukraine war aggressors, sidelining Trump
Gathering of ‘Axis of Upheaval’ may alter military calculus in Asia-Pacific
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to attend military parade in Beijing
Kim and Putin will be among 26 foreign leaders who attend event next week
Nuclear weapons have been in the Middle East for decades – not in Iran, but in Israel
Israel successfully created a reality distortion field in which the possible (Iran might get nuclear weapons) obscures the actual (Israel already has them)
Russia and Ukraine exchange sick and wounded prisoners
Zelenskiy voices frustration with Trump, called for ‘concrete actions’
The Irish Times view on the South Korean election: a vote for stability
The country’s new president promises a pragmatic foreign p
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